Hilaria Baldwin recently recounted an incident where she confronted NYPD officers on a subway, accusing them of “harassing” a woman who spoke Spanish. She used this experience to encourage people to employ their “privilege” positively, especially amid rising immigration tensions.
The television personality, aged 42, shared her version of the event on Instagram, urging her million followers to “support one another,” just as she had done during the incident.
“I had just exited the subway when I saw a woman being stopped by two police officers,” Baldwin described.
“While one officer acted professionally, the other seemed quite agitated, and the woman appeared extremely frightened,” she added.
Married to actor Alec Baldwin and a mother of seven, she chose to intervene because she recognized a “language barrier” between the woman and the officers, which seemed to exacerbate the officer’s frustration.
Baldwin offered her assistance as a translator and discovered that the confrontation stemmed from the woman using her child’s discount metro card.
She said the woman seemed ‘super honest’ as she claimed to believe she could use the student metro card if she was on her way to pick her child up from school, while the cops informed her that it can only be used by students.
Baldwin continued: ‘As I was translating, the less professional of the two officers was like, she was the kind of person who was like, if there’s a language barrier, she thought that if she just speaks louder she will be heard – which obviously doesn’t work.’
Hilaria Baldwin says she confronted NYPD officers on the subway for ‘harassing’ a Spanish-speaking woman as she urged people to use their ‘privilege’ for good amid heightened tensions over immigration
The wife of actor Alec Baldwin, seen together in December, implied that her decision to step in on the subway was due to heightened tensions in the nation surrounding immigration
Baldwin said she felt like she needed to stand up for the woman because she appeared to be ‘scared’ by the police questioning her student metro card use.
She said that because she stepped in, the cops let the woman off with only a warning, which Baldwin said she hoped should be an example to others to help in similar situations.
‘Some of us have a level of privilege, and right now I think more than ever we have to look around and see those people who need our help,’ she said.
‘Whatever we can do, whether that’s just staying with them, like I stayed with her until they left, and I wanted to make sure that she was heard and understood.
‘She literally just wanted them to explain what’s the rules of using this card, and so to be able to give that kind of information and to deescalate the situation… we have that ability to even just stand with them.’
Baldwin implied that her decision to step in was due to heightened tensions in the nation surrounding immigration, which were re-ignited this week following the ICE shooting of protester Renee Nicole Good.
Baldwin signed off her Instagram video: ‘I love you all and I hope you guys are staying safe, hopefully we just have to stay together.’
It comes as the shooting of Good sparked protests across the US and sharply divided opinions over whether the decision of ICE agent Jon Ross to open fire was justified.
Newly released footage shared on Friday offered the clearest view yet of the moments that led up to Good being shot dead in her car in Minnesota.
Good, 37, could be seen smiling at Jonathan ‘Jon’ Ross while sitting in her Honda Pilot on Wednesday afternoon and saying, ‘That’s fine dude. I’m not mad at you,’ in a video shot by the officer that was obtained by Minnesota outlet Alpha News.
Baldwin signed off her Instagram video: ‘I love you all and I hope you guys are staying safe, hopefully we just have to stay together’
Newly released footage shared on Friday offered the clearest view yet of the moments that led up to Good being shot dead in her car in Minnesota in a moment that sharply divided the US
Her wife, Rebecca Good, 40, could be heard urging the agent to ‘show his face’ as she asks him, ‘You want to come at us?’
‘You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch big boy,’ Rebecca said, with her own cellphone in hand. ‘Go ahead.’
As the tension mounted on the Minneapolis street, Good was told to get out of the car but ignored the order.
She began revving the engine and drove off during what the Trump administration says was part of a protest against the planned detention of Somali migrants in the area.
Rebecca can be heard shouting ‘drive baby, drive’ as Ross’s camera jerked. It is unclear if he was struck by the car or jumped to get out of its way.
Ross fired three shots, including one through the front windshield of the Honda, which struck and killed Good. An agent is heard calling Good a ‘f***ing bitch’ as shots rang out.
Moments later, her car crashed into the back of two vehicles parked nearby. The shocking chain of events quickly divided the United States.
